![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]()
|
||
|
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
![]() |
![]() Paul Adams Paul Regan AdamsBorn: 20 January 1977, Cape Town, Cape ProvinceMajor Teams: Western Province, South Africa. Known As: Paul Adams Batting Style: Right Hand Bat Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Chinaman Test Debut: South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, 4th Test, 1995/96 Latest Test: South Africa v Australia at Durban, 3rd Test, 2001/02 ODI Debut: South Africa v England at Cape Town, 1st ODI, 1995/96 Latest ODI: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Tangier, Morocco Cup, 2002 First-class debut: Western Province B v Eastern Transvaal at Springs, 1995/96 Western Province debut same season Education: Plumstead High School Junior Representative Cricket: WPB Nuff 1994 Career Statistics:TESTS (including 15/03/2002) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 36 44 12 261 35 8.15 33.12 0 0 21 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 1164.1 283 3353 106 31.63 6-55 1 0 65.8 2.88 ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS (including 19/08/2002) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 17 8 4 33 15* 8.25 62.26 0 0 4 0 O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 130.5 6 590 23 25.65 3-26 0 0 34.1 4.50 FIRST-CLASS (1995/96 - 2002/03; last updated 09/11/2002) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 86 89 39 772 61* 15.44 0 1 46 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 3123.2 714 8876 287 30.92 7-69 10 0 65.2 2.84 LIST A LIMITED OVERS (1995/96 - 2002) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 44 14 7 44 15* 6.28 0 0 11 0 O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 306.2 1310 57 22.98 3-12 0 0 32.2 4.27 - Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS. StatsGuru Filters for Paul AdamsStatistics involving Paul AdamsArticles about Paul Adams
Pictures of Paul Adams
Profile:There seems little doubt that Paul Adams was rushed into Test cricket with almost indecent haste as an 18-year-old. At the same time, and leaving aside any political considerations, there is also little doubt that "Gogga" is something unique. His action, memorably described as either resembling a "frog in a blender" or someone trying to steal hubcaps from a moving car, is something unique in world cricket. When England were first exposed to him at Kimberley in late 1995, a number of senior batsmen, including Alec Stewart and Graeme Hick, simply could not work out what they were seeing. At his point of release, Adams' face points downwards, his front leg is braced and his arm seems to appear from somewhere behind his head. He looks as if he should be bowling the Chinaman, but in fact his stock ball is the googly, spun out of two fingers and turning away from the right-hander. And Adams, unlike many slow left-arm spinners, does spin, prodigiously so at times. He is a wicket-taker, currently striking at around three wickets a Test which, considering South Africa's reliance on seam, is a hgighly creditable return. Adams' achilles' heel has been his control. Too often a rank bad ball an over has allowed batsmen to escape pressure and score freely off him. During the home series against England over the Millenium, however, he bowled with far greater control and confidence than at any stage of his career, and a broken finger in the fifth Test match came at the worst possible time for both himself and his team. Still only 23, Adams already has 31 Tests under his belt and he demonstrated, in the Singer Cup in Sri Lanka, that in the appropriate conditions he can bowl in one-day games. Whether he reaches the heights of a Shane Warne or a Muttiah Muralitharan remains to be seen, but it is clear that Adams has benefitted from working with Terry Jenner and he has several years to go before he will be considered to be at his peak. Peter Robinson July 2000
|